No. 0521973·southern-rock·4 blocks
Free Bird
The blueprint southern-rock outro solo. Allen Collins played the entire four-minute Free Bird outro himself on a modified 1964 Gibson Firebird I run through a slaved Marshall Super Tremolo + Fender Twin Reverb rig — Marshall grind for sustain, Fender Twin for clarity, both pushing the same Strat-into-cab signal. The solo was tracked in two takes and double-tracked for stereo width. No pedals, no boost — just two cranked amps in parallel.
Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérdSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Firebird I (1964, modified)
Pickups
single
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Spring
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Light parallel compression
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
2.5:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
60s
Release
250s
Mix
45
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Tube Screamer (alt boost)
Drive
2
Gain
2
Tone
5
Level
7
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Super Tremolo (1973, 100W)
Drive
7
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6.5
Presence
6
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 with Celestion G12M-25 Greenback
LowCut100Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Spring
← Fender Twin Reverb spring tank (parallel amp)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
20
Decay
1.5s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 052
The blueprint southern-rock outro solo. Allen Collins played the entire four-minute Free Bird outro himself on a modified 1964 Gibson Firebird I run through a slaved Marshall Super Tremolo + Fender Twin Reverb rig — Marshall grind for sustain, Fender Twin for clarity, both pushing the same Strat-into-cab signal. The solo was tracked in two takes and double-tracked for stereo width. No pedals, no boost — just two cranked amps in parallel.
— Allen Collins
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